"Our findings suggest a potential protective effect of analgesic use on ovarian cancer risk, but that benefit should be balanced against adverse effects of pain medication use, such as risk of bleeding and peptic ulcers."

The trial did not find that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, acetaminophen, and or analgesics had preventative properties--only aspirin seemed to do the trick.

The study goes hand-in-hand with another similar study published in the Lancet, which found that there were more benefits to taking aspirin regularly than there were risks--but that it was important to speak with your doctor before deciding to pop the pills daily, because aspirin could cause problems for people susceptible to things like stomach bleeds.

Do you take aspirin regularly? Does ovarian cancer run in your family--isor is it something you worry about?